Policeman&#39;s club.



No. 765,605. PATENTED JULY 19, 1904 I. -A. WADE.

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- Patented July 19, 1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES ANGUS WADE, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JACOB M.UMSTADTER, NORFOLK, VIRGINIA.

POLICEIVIANS CLUB.

' SPECIFICATION fOrming part of Letters Patent N0. 765,605, dated July19, 1904.

Application filed March 23, 1904.

To a whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, J AMES ANeUs WADE, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Norfolk, .in the county of Norfolk and State ofVirginia, have made a certain new and useful Invention in PolicemensClubs; and I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the same, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it appertains to make and use the invention, reference beingbad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a side view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a centrallongitudinal section of the upper portion of the club. Fig. 3 is adetail view illustrating the opening or seat a in the top of the club.Fig. 4 is a detail view of part 61.

This invention relates to clubs for policemen and watchmen; and itconsists in the novel construction and combinations of parts, ashereinafter set forth.

The object of the invention is mainly to pro vide a means of attachmentfor the wrist-strap which will not present a metallic surface around thehandle and which will at the same time provide for the free turning ofthe club without twisting the strap.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, the letter adesignates a club of the character referred to having the handle end 6.In the end of this handle is bored concentric with the contour of itsgrasp-wall a cylindrical opening 0 of about one-halfinch diameter andsuflicient length, and said opening is threaded to receive a tube 0? ofcorresponding size, which is threaded on its external surface to suitthe threads of the bore a in the wood. This threaded tube is provided atits end with a rim-collar h, which is designed to engage the end of thehandle when said tube is screwed home. The rimcollar is beveled in arounded manner on its upper portion, and as it is in the central por-Serial No. 199,568. (No model.)

tion of the end of the handle and surrounded by a considerable surfaceof the wood of the end it is not in position to expose a metallicsurface to the hand or wrist in the use to which it may be subjected.

Through the longitudinal passage 6 of the tube extends a split keyformed of a strip of metal, which is rounded on one side, so that thebranches thereof when brought together in the shank portion f form ajournal which will turn freely in the cylindrical passage e of the tube.At the outer end of the key is formed an eye g, and at its inner end thebranches are spread apart to provide the oifsetslvls, which serve tohold the key in place. The ordinary wrist-strap is secured to the clubby connecting the eye of the key to the solid ring 17?. of the strapbeforethe key is placed in position in the tube.

Should the strap be cut or broken, the threaded tube can be readilyturned out of its bearing in the wooden handle and the split key removedfor the attachment of a new strap.

Should the club be wrested from the gras of the policeman, the swivelaction will prevent any twisting of the strap around his wrist todisable him.

The handle is not loaded with metal around its end, and in this waycontact of metal with the hand, which is not desirable, especially incold weather, is avoided. Furthermore, the club is not unduly loaded atthe handle end.

Having described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, 1s

1. A club having a threaded hole in its end, and therein a threaded tubehaving a rotatable split key provided with an eye in its outer end,substantially as specified.

2. The combination with a wooden club having a threaded hole in its end,of a threaded tube engaging the hole, a split key having an eye at itsouter end and extremity rounded branches forming a journal-shank in thetube,

a wrist-strap and a wrist-strap connection to nected to said wriststrap, substantially as said eye, substantially as specified. specified.I I0 3. The combination with a club having a In testimony whereof Iaflixmy signature in longitudinal hole in the end of its handle, and presenceof two witnesses.

5 a wrist-strap of a metallic threaded attached JAMES ANGUS WADE.

tube engaging a bore in the end of the handle Witnesses: connected withthe grasp portion thereof and M. W. OBERNDORFER,

a journal device engaging said tube and con- 1 I. T. BELL.

